Ann Clin Microbiol 2024;27:41-48. Intestinal helminth infections among health examinees: 10-year (2011–2020) nationwide observations in Korea

Table 1. The overall prevalence of intestinal helminth infections among examinees at 16 branches of the Korea Association of Health Promotion over the 10 years from 2011 to 2020
No.BranchNo. positive / No. examined (%)
2011201220132014201520162017201820192020
1Western Seoul63/6,815 (1.0)41/5,596 (0.7)43/8,849 (0.5)34/10,968 (0.3)48/7,892 (0.6)41/6,440 (0.6)18/4,674 (0.4)15/4,462 (0.3)6/4,396 (0.1)7/3,941 (0.2)
2Eastern Seoul48/5,641 (0.9)47/3,937 (1.2)39/5,745 (0.7)19/5,512 (0.3)17/6,736 (0.3)16/3,546 (0.5)14/5,508 (0.3)21/6,113 (0.3)11/6,929 (0.2)1/1,956 (0.1)
3Southern Seoul17/2,633 (0.7)23/6,115 (0.4)16/7,493 (0.2)13/6,381 (0.2)6/4,587 (0.1)6/4,197 (0.1)8/3,976 (0.2)6/4,937 (0.1)4/4,693 (0.1)
4Busan463/16,345 (2.8)272/17,247 (1.6)761/38,407 (2.0)830/37,733 (2.2)735/41,225 (1.8)994/49,467 (2.0)865/49,047 (1.8)741/41,817 (1.8)545/44,264 (1.2)440/43,745 (1.0)
5Daegu43/3,917 (1.1)18/4,928 (0.4)71/8,440 (0.8)35/7,926 (0.4)18/9,499 (0.2)31/8,728 (0.4)63/12,227 (0.5)39/9,378 (0.4)39/6,809 (0.6)33/9,379 (0.4)
6Incheon14/3,229 (0.4)5/2,092 (0.2)15/3,854 (0.4)7/3,257 (0.2)0/2,566 (0.0)8/2,355 (0.3)29/3,086 (0.9)30/2,522 (1.2)22/2,098 (1.1)22/3,259 (0.7)
7Ulsan128/2,888 (4.4)304/7,275 (4.2)544/12,940 (4.2)660/14,400 (4.6)523/15,207 (3.4)269/10,923 (2.5)203/11,339 (1.8)190/7,251 (2.6)107/7,280 (1.5)51/3,477 (1.5)
8Gyeonggi41/3,210 (1.3)25/2,859 (0.9)65/6,319 (1.0)76/7,527 (1.0)35/7,540 (0.5)28/5,716 (0.5)17/7,106 (0.2)20/5,257 (0.4)11/3,673 (0.3)7/3,270 (0.2)
9Gangwon0/436 (0.0)0/434 (0.0)0/1,106 (0.0)0/770 (0.0)0/718 (0.0)0/270 (0.0)3/469 (0.6)2/1,195 (0.2)0/2,023 (0.0)0/1,729 (0.0)
10Chungbuk6/1,201 (0.5)6/1,308 (0.5)0/1,787 (0.0)0/1,707 (0.0)0/2,072 (0.0)0/1,832 (0.0)17/2,859 (0.6)8/3,350 (0.2)11/3,032 (0.4)9/1,831 (0.5)
11Chungnam28/2,601 (1.1)37/3,676 (1.0)75/6,334 (1.2)42/4,993 (0.8)18/4,536 (0.4)40/4,109 (1.0)16/4,605 (0.4)13/4,735 (0.3)20/5,446 (0.4)24/11,331 (0.2)
12Jeonbuk34/4,404 (0.8)26/4,730 (0.6)43/7,506 (0.6)43/7,924 (0.5)29/6,643 (0.4)3/3,805 (0.1)12/3,766 (0.3)15/3,606 (0.4)35/5,129 (0.7)24/4,599 (0.5)
13Jeonnam62/3,876 (1.6)86/3,009 (2.9)99/5,996 (1.7)143/6,742 (2.1)77/5,897 (1.3)89/5,294 (1.7)78/5,762 (1.4)97/5,563 (1.7)84/6,964 (1.2)90/7,503 (1.2)
14Gyeongbuk63/1,205 (5.2)69/1,445 (4.8)321/11,111 (2.9)241/9,571 (2.5)136/8,743 (1.6)130/6,428 (2.0)113/7,315 (1.5)121/6,508 (1.9)103/6,770 (1.5)37/5,252 (0.7)
15Gyeongnam373/7,226 (5.2)464/8,080 (5.7)758/14,123 (5.4)945/15,890 (6.0)811/16,635 (4.9)750/14,909 (5.0)676/15,056 (4.5)711/14,721 (4.8)782/20,119 (3.9)538/20,819 (2.6)
16Jeju0/450 (0.0)1/1,435 (0.1)0/1,537 (0.0)0/1,615 (0.0)0/1,659 (0.0)0/1,896 (0.0)0/2,156 (0.0)0/1,173 (0.0)0/826 (0.0)0/944 (0.0)
Total1,366/63,444 (2.2)1,418/70,684 (2.0)2,857/140,169 (2.0)3,091/144,028 (2.2)2,460/143,949 (1.7)2,405/130,305 (1.9)2,130/139,172 (1.5)2,031/121,627 (1.7)1,782/130,695 (1.4)1287/127,728 (1.0)